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Walter Davis

1979 - Today

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Walter L. Davis (born July 2, 1979) is an American athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He was born in Lafayette, Louisiana Davis won the 2005 World Outdoor and 2006 World Indoor Championships. However, his greatest claim to fame may have occurred in the 2004 Olympic Trials, where in the later rounds of the final he put in an extraordinary jump, during the landing phase of which he lost control, with his foot hitting the sand a significant distance behind his rump, which is the usual area of the body which lands first in the sand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Davis has received more than 16,342 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Davis is the 3,929th most popular athlete (down from 2,444th in 2019), the 17,350th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,002nd in 2019) and the 526th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Walter Davis ranks 3,929 out of 3,059Before him are Sopita Tanasan, Tori Bowie, Germán Sánchez, Zach Garrett, Abderrahman Samba, and Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa. After him are Elmira Syzdykova, Marek Plawgo, Jean-Charles Valladont, Nijat Rahimov, Chaunté Lowe, and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Walter Davis ranks 1,131Before him are Danielle Carruthers, Naoto Matsuo, Ryo Kushino, Daisuke Aono, Swin Cash, and Shingo Ito. After him are Chika, Cael Sanderson, Satoshi Sato, Yōsuke Ikehata, Paulo Magino, and Ricardo Modesto da Silva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Davis ranks 17,350 out of 18,182Before him are John Sarbanes (1962), Natalie Grant (1971), C. J. Miles (1987), Zach Garrett (1995), Frank Kaminsky (1993), and Mizuki Hamada (1990). After him are Lilia Osterloh (1978), Brian Baker (1985), Tarell Alvin McCraney (1980), Madison Bumgarner (1989), Cayman Togashi (1993), and Cael Sanderson (1979).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Walter Davis ranks 526Before him are Danielle Carruthers (1979), Lashinda Demus (1983), Monique Hennagan (1976), Evan Bates (1989), Tori Bowie (1990), and Zach Garrett (1995). After him are Chaunté Lowe (1984), Bianca Knight (1989), Jeanette Bolden (1960), Donna Weinbrecht (1965), Katie Nageotte (1991), and David Neville (1984).